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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is appalled.
(c) He thinks it is outrageously funny.
(d) He is indifferent.

2. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?
(a) He finds them adorable.
(b) He is jealous of them.
(c) He finds them hateful.
(d) He is in awe of them.

3. How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius?
(a) As a huge choral symphony.
(b) As a huge tragic opera.
(c) As a comic opera in six acts.
(d) As a chamber opera for four voices and a crumhorn.

4. What family dynasty rules in Vienna?
(a) The Bourbons.
(b) The Hapsburgs.
(c) The Bonbons.
(d) The Hollsteins.

5. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(b) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'
(c) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
(d) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays the 'march of welcome' for Mozart?

2. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?

3. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?

4. Who is named as an old pupil of Salieri's?

5. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does his comment about his requirement in a wife reveal about Salieri's character?

2. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?

3. How does the play open?

4. What concrete information about Mozart is passed to Salieri by the Venticelli?

5. In what ways does Salieri work to undermine Mozart in this section of the play?

6. In what way does Mozart manage to insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?

7. How does Salieri come to change his mind about meeting Mozart?

8. What is the problem with Salieri's drive for fame?

9. Why do reports about Mozart unsettle Salieri?

10. Account for Salieri's shout from the chair as he listens to Mozart and Constanze play their bawdy game.

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